PORTLAND HARBOUR AUTHORITY LIMITED
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Cash
£950k
+6.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.3m
-6.5% vs 2024
Employees
47
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£207k
-153.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,970,755 | £4,670,257 | £5,332,861 | £5,537,197 | £4,681,291 | -15.5% | |
| Operating profit | £809,550 | £272,057 | -£199,922 | £250,839 | -£322,003 | -228.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £819,576 | £300,441 | -£103,373 | £387,006 | -£207,311 | -153.6% | |
| Net profit | £802,968 | £78,007 | -£154,345 | £410,616 | -£304,098 | -174.1% | |
| Cash | £2,690,764 | £338,299 | £1,300,500 | £890,449 | £950,139 | +6.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,342,953 | £4,625,657 | £4,485,925 | £4,897,572 | £4,594,300 | -6.2% | |
| Net assets | £4,317,511 | £4,395,518 | £4,241,173 | £4,651,789 | £4,347,691 | -6.5% | |
| Equity | £4,317,511 | £4,395,518 | £4,241,173 | £4,651,789 | £4,347,691 | -6.5% | |
| Average employees | 37 | 46 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,370,537 | £1,489,949 | £1,598,757 | £1,652,803 | £1,595,605 | -3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £158,925 | £162,234 | £178,444 | £200,605 | £143,244 | -28.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £10,890 | £10,933 | +0.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 5.8% | -3.7% | 4.5% | -6.9% | |
| Net margin | 16.2% | 1.7% | -2.9% | 7.4% | -6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.6% | 5.9% | -4.5% | 5.1% | -7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.5% | 19.8% | 30.0% | 28.5% | 23.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.48x | 4.36x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PORTLAND HARBOUR AUTHORITY LIMITED 2003-06-30 → present
- PORTLAND PORT LIMITED 1994-12-13 → 2003-06-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVES, Alan Douglas | Secretary | 2004-07-30 | — | British |
| DEVES, Alan Douglas | Director | 2018-04-19 | Oct 1962 | British |
| LANGHAM, John Christopher | Director | 1994-12-13 | Dec 1951 | British |
| LANGHAM, Justin Morley | Director | 1996-04-01 | May 1963 | British |
| REEVES, William Thomas | Director | 2015-09-01 | Dec 1950 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWLEY, William Terence | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 2004-07-30 |
| PEARSE, Lorna Valerie | Secretary | 1994-12-13 | 1995-12-31 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-12-13 | 1994-12-13 |
| BEST, Rupert Thomas Nicholas | Director | 1994-12-13 | 2021-02-03 |
| DAVIES, Stephen John | Director | 1996-09-20 | 2015-01-30 |
| LANGHAM, John Michael | Director | 1994-12-13 | 2017-04-26 |
| PACKER, Jonathan John Lewis | Director | 1994-12-13 | 2014-03-31 |
| THOMPSON, Norman Sinclair | Director | 1994-12-13 | 1996-03-29 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-12-13 | 1994-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.